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Tag: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Posted inIndia, South Asia

Indians rise up against their liar-in-chief

by Vijay Prashad December 24, 2019February 18, 2020

Every day and in every part of India, hundreds of thousands of people, mainly young people, have been gathering on the streets to express their anger at the government. Their protests, like the protests in Chile, emerged out of one particular grievance but then cascaded outward. They are angry at the government’s attempt to define citizenship […]

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, an Indian defense researcher and commentator, was jailed in Odisha over controversial remarks posted on Twitter. Photo: Twitter
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia, World

‘Right-wing’ defense analyst freed from jail after apology

by Kunal Majumder December 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Vehicles smoulder following the violence in Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh state. Photo: AFP
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Uttar Pradesh in meltdown as tensions build ahead of poll

by Kanchan Srivastava December 5, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian police personnel stand in front of the Bangalore office of the CBI prior to a nationwide protest on October 26, 2018 by opposition leaders over alleged interference in the country's main police agency. Photo: AFP / Manjunath Kiran
Posted inIndia, South Asia

India still awaits effective anti-graft mechanisms

by Prasanna Mohanty November 20, 2018February 18, 2020
Police stand guard near the 'Statue Of Unity', by the Sardar Sarovar Dam  in India's western Gujarat state prior to the inauguration of the world's biggest statue on Wednesday. Photo: Sam Panthaky / AFP
Posted inChina, India, South Asia, World

World’s biggest statue unveiled in India amid much grumbling

by Asia Times staff October 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee gestures at the presidential palace in New Delhi on August 15, 1998, after addressing the nation on India's 50th anniversary of independence. In his speech he said he was ready for talks with Pakistan ''on any issue, at any time, at any level and anywhere in the world.'' Photo: AFP
Posted inChina, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee dies

by Asia Times staff August 16, 2018February 18, 2020
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a party rally in Guwahati.
Photo: AFP / Biju Boro
Posted inBangladesh, India, South Asia

Unraveling the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam chapter

by Angshuman Choudhury June 28, 2018
An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard while a Kashmiri woman walks by in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir. Photo: iStock/Bilal Ahmad
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Human rights violations in India bring global scrutiny

by Zamir Awan June 26, 2018
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (L) and yoga Guru Baba Ramdev. Photos: AFP
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Will competing monks help the BJP regain lost ground?

by Kanchan Srivastava June 22, 2018February 18, 2020
German fascist Hitler visits fellow fascist Mussolini in Venice, Italy in 1934. Photo: AFP Forum
Posted inChina, European Union, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, World

Tracing the rise of political machismo 

by Ian Buruma April 15, 2018February 18, 2020
CCTV footage shows Hindu Sangharsh Sena leader Vipan Sharma, 45, being shot dead in Amritsar on October 30, 2017. Photo: via YouTube
Posted inIndia, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Hindu right-wingers in Punjab seeking guns for protection

by ​AK Sharma @satsingh15 January 23, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAfghanistan, India, Nepal, South Asia

Heads roll but India’s higher education crisis is growing

by Kanchan Srivastava November 21, 2017February 18, 2020

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